Changing times

"Why are they speaking badly about you?" Raeen asked as he was this close in raising his sword from his hilt.

"Well, that's the norm here. I mean, that's simply how things work in this place. Don't fret much about it." I shrugged as I spoke.

"Should I maybe just kill them now?" He was dead serious as he asked that question.

"No, hell no! These are still my people even though they speak ill of me. So, don't go around killing them. Also, we can't blame them with their thoughts, you know? After all, they are being fed with these thoughts, so there's that." I shrugged as I spoke. "I mean, think about it. If you were fed with thoughts saying that I'm a good guy and all, then you will be saying good things about me as well, right?" I asked.

"Yea, what about it?" Raeen asked back.

"Well, now imagine if I fed you negative thoughts about the Emperor on a constant basis. You would start hating the Emperor, right?" I asked again.